I came across a letter written by Mrs Brian Shaw, of Sotik, in the early days of white settlement in Kenya. The hardships the settlers faced were enormous. When Brian Shaw developed acute appendicitis a doctor and nurse had to come from Nakuru, while friends and neighbours rallied round. The...
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Christine
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Christine Nicholls, author and historian, has written several books on East African history including Red Strangers: The White Tribe of Kenya, a biography on missionary-explorer David Livingstone and biography on the life of Elspeth Huxley. Nicholls, who grew up in Kenya, has recently published the story of her childhood years - A Kenya Childhood. Nicholls lives in Oxford, UK.
Please visit her website at: www.csnicholls.co.uk
Surely it is time for another showing of the TV series of Elspeth Huxley’s book, The Flame Trees of Thika? Filming took place in Kenya in eighteen weeks before Christmas, 1980, with Hayley Mills playing Tilly, Elspeth’s mother, and Holly Aird as Elspeth. The filming was done at Lukenya...
The EAWL, which of course still flourishes in Kenya, was begun in 1917. Above is the College of Arms Grant of Arms in 1974.
We had the annual general meeting of the East Africa Women’s League (UK branch) on Tuesday 19 March, at the Victory Services Club in London. The meeting...
I was interested to read in the piece by Michael Aronson in Old Africa of Feb/March 2013 (Only in Africa section) that Michael had met Vladimir Verbi. I have always been interested in this man, a missionary tried for murder. When Canon Peter Bostock was still alive, I asked him about...
Some photos of the Kenya High School have reminded me of the origins of the school. Perhaps a few of you would like to add details or bring the account below up to date? Does the swimming pool still exist, and the open air theatre?
The Kenya High School had its beginnings in...
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